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988 points keyboardJones | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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y7 ◴[08 Sep 25 16:59 UTC] No.45170722[source]▶
Without paying for remote backups, can I just manage my own backup on my own hard drive, and restore it when I want to?
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jewel ◴[08 Sep 25 17:06 UTC] No.45170810[source]▶
Yes! That has been supported for a long while. At least on Android, go to Settings -> Chats -> Chat Backups. Set up a schedule and a passphrase and a folder, and it will export your chats every day.

I do that and then sync that folder with another computer using SyncThing.

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joshjob42 ◴[08 Sep 25 17:29 UTC] No.45171137[source]▶
Only on Android, not iOS.
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cherryteastain ◴[08 Sep 25 18:16 UTC] No.45171820{3}[source]▶
It's not Signal's fault that Apple does not let you access the most basic feature of an operating system - the filesystem.
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joshjob42 ◴[08 Sep 25 18:29 UTC] No.45171976{4}[source]▶
They do and have done for years now. There’s been a files app since 2017. They’ve had Advanced Data Protection available for iOS backups since 2022. Signal has just been lazy and found maintaining the Android backups to be a pain, so they refused to implement it for iOS.
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sneak ◴[08 Sep 25 22:35 UTC] No.45174983{5}[source]▶
ADP is off by default (this is why iMessage isn’t really e2ee), and importantly, isn’t available in all countries.

I believe in the UK you are legally barred from having access to iCloud ADP.

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1. traceroute66 ◴[09 Sep 25 11:14 UTC] No.45180428{6}[source]▶
> I believe in the UK you are legally barred from having access to iCloud ADP.

Apple are still busy fighting the UK government on it in closed-court.

Apple-bashers can continue their hate, but give Apple their due:

    1. they are going in all guns blazing fighting the UK government instead of rolling over
    2. if they succeed, I think they well-deserve the credit.